#agarpocalypse Don't worry if this alarming piece of (non-)news slipped past your radar at the end of the year: the world is running out of seaweed! Not just any old seaweed, but the red stuff beloved of microbiology labs. https://twitter.com/StefanieVogt/status/667417029968855042 As reported breathlessly in the lab and science media, worldwide...
Amidst the excitement of the usual first-baby announcements and the seemingly impossible stories of twins born in different years that herald the start of another new year, you may have missed this snippet: the global science family also welcomed some new additions. Elements 113, 115, 117 and...
Talk Science to Me Inc. is seeking a freelance intermediate publications designer to join our team. This is a part-time contract position. Responsibilities include publication design, consultations with clients on design issues, graphic design and print consulting, often under the supervision of a senior designer. Materials include...
Christmas: it’s been and gone; the turkey coma is ebbing, but the sandwiches/chili/even more sandwiches are recurring. The weather outside is frightful, so what else to do other than hibernate in front of a screen? While you’re cooped up with the rest of the family, with...
Helium. The supercool supercoolant—the gas that keeps party balloons aloft, carries entire houses all the way to Paradise Falls and turns humans briefly into chipmunks—is vanishing. Leaking out of colourful balloons, helium molecules rise up through the atmosphere and disappear into space. Although it’s one of...